I have little comment on the story itself; certainly I have no particular expertise in the area of South Asian politics. Nevertheless, I find it disheartening that America-based news organizations have largely ignored the story.

I wonder, however, if any news organization can honestly manage to cover all these events. After all, there are so many events to cover and so little attention that people can manage to give. There’s always the Sudan, or the Congo, or Indonesia, or now Sri Lanka. If we are not planning on doing anything, should we hold news organizations accountable for telling us about it?

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The Economist has had great coverage as well, with at least one article every week about it and sometimes more.

I feel like the US could do a fair amount, actually. The numbers of civilians that are managing to flee are continually growing and need quite a bit of aid. The group stuck with the Tigers, though, seems fairly fucked.